he served in iraq. michael has the opportunity to be invited to participate in the kuwaiti reconstruction conference so he can provide his observation that experience and more broadly on iraq's trajectory. [inaudible] each panelist will now provide their initial thoughts and then i will moderate a couple of questions appear on the panel based on these challenges that we have set out and after that we will open it up for questions from more of you. investor, it is a great pleasure. i want to join and were looking forward to hearing earmarks. >> thank you for inviting me. i'm happy to be on this interesting panel. many years ago i used to be a lowly consultant for iran so it's honored to be sitting up here. it's not easy to talk about iraq because it's such a complex issue. many interventions covered the devolution estate are interconnected and interconnected also in history. what i want to do is basically go over some of the high altitudes of where we stand and then i will lea leave the issueu wanted to

doing business in iraq can be complicated but iraq has vast potential. in iraq billions more are within the confines of the frame and go on and we have our own or maybe your regulatory system or for private sector companies. just like president trump didn't buy a home in the us. we are committed to supporting a huge surprise there in iraq to work there for him for i did it with usa credit and your city's pride just before the race for. the us sex and violence committed to advance an economic cooperation between your rock and nine states with respect to the trade goods and services. the signal is strong on the ex-im by and iraq's ministry of violence will sign today it's really good a memorandum of understanding that will set the stage for the future cooperation profi sectors that iraq. clearly the oil yes transportation and other. similarly opec which supports the well through malatesta rather than later has five active projects in iraq on two hundred fifty million dollars it is her reviewing over five hundred million dollars in new posts in iraq. these

and, again, nobody wants to stay in iraq, but we've stayed in iraq this whole time, so maybe we should stay in some capacity, some normalized treaty where there's a u.s. base there that can do exactly these things when something pops up. augment the security forces archd be able to decimate something that shouldn't have been born to begin with. >> thanks, mike. let me now ask a question to the whole panel and you're also allowed to sort of comment on each other's intervention if you want to. on one really sort of simple but hopefully a little bit difficult question would justing what in all of this do you see as the greatest challenge for iraq moving forward among all the things that we've sort of outlined here on the panel? i'll start with you, ambassador. >> well, the biggest challenge that iraq is facing is the fact that it has to address issues with tools that need building. so, for example, one of the -- one of our difficulties in the last, you know, ten years of wars that we've had is that we were engaged in the a war that we were building our army at the same time, okay. and in

record in iraq clearly showed from two thousand and four five. very recently who are quite a lot of evidence accumulated that the united states was in league with some of these terrorist groups groups and this was in korea nation with the saudi regime who is by the way prince might be visiting britain from seven to nine five march and there is now a committee in britain to oppose his visit and there is and early days of motion in parliament opposing the visit of man who was commenting war crimes in yemen and again i think you know this is another subject about. the mainstream media in this country overseas offering us up about saudi arabia telling us that women can drive and and so what do you make of the way that certainly the statement a to b b c is clearly saying the threat is from iran in the whole of this context as they continue to. support the only democratic country in the region as they call it israel. since nine hundred seventy nine since their rainy and revolution of one hundred seventy nine iran has broken links. the united states and

and iraq like this. if not the americans here knew jeff he says his forces have made great strides to rid his city of al qaeda i thought the now. and then and he. and he. said in the. well that menu how would any a show and mahal of. a with a high def and mostly one what's up. on earth. but with armed police a school took us to our next destination it's clear that fear still remains mosul streets are eerily quiet and this is a sense that the violence for which the city is notorious is never far away. the family i'm about to meet protected me from that violence and this is the first time out of seamen since their youngest son and the reuters photographer whose work is on exhibit here was killed by u.s. soldiers. who say i want to hear. what you feel when you hear that right i mean it's still. it's very sad still here that's. why this in doha. we saw the story. a pair on the reuters wire. so i called you i think at that time and i asked you to call not be able because i couldn't go through it and i think t

in iraq they have also iran in mind. thank you after the break we'll ask the president of the world consultant john models next abandon the fantastic four legend recall macbook create a mug why he doesn't trust the state mandated b.b.c. as his new monthly kick ass comics debut around the globe the tenth anniversary of his donors pledged thirty billion dollars to iraq what will happen to the three hundred fifty seven million children who are currently living in the conflict zone once they grow up we speak to our own shakra from save the children currently in iraq told us the more coming up about doing going underground. is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill fiddlesticks mission to do it for you like you know. this isn't my cup of tea is going to study hall meetings you know john does. the only palestinians who gets the most helpful is to respond counterparts i don't think there's some of those who in the world under the oak vision of no one who could do this

at a summit on reconstructing iraq they has. he spoke a lot about the international committee communities commitment to fighting terrorism and said the conference has been a success well let's get more on this now we're joined by. by the car director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the heart institute very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so a very positive kuwaiti made there saying that the conference was a success but so far we only know of a few billion dollars of the one hundred billion that iraqi officials are asking for has been pledged so where is the international community's commitment would you say right now i think the international community is commitment is really to fighting terror and you could see this by from the from the fact that they had the two meetings to happening simultaneously in kuwait at the same time so the u.s. was leading the international community is focus is on fighting terror and not necessarily or reconstructing iraq long term now they'd be happy to do short term in

policy in iraq and. all the clinton would hide it in my much sweeter words that after the oil in iraq after its resources and it was clinton who exposed the fact that the united states more or less created al qaeda forces whether. so why does the present iraqi government allow the continued so-called occupation james dimaggio has been emphasizing the dangers of a semipermanent force it shouldn't just be the united states. presumably protecting the oil or whatever as he would contend why did the iraqi government what is baghdad do with it i think the iraqi government is handicapped let's put it this way it is facing enormous u.s. pressure the united states has proxy forces in iraq more or less but as i need special forces and iraqi kurdistan allied to the united states and the united states has just announced they will continue fun. doing to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars peshmerga forces and iraqi kurdistan so there are actually patients of iraq created on the ground both u.s. presence and i

as soon as a rich in iraq i called my mom i said mom i'm in iraq she said oh. i said i'm in iraq no no you're kidding i said low moment i'm in iraq i said mom just watch the number what's the number and she watched the number. she was she was just so was yelling oh daddy yeah i said no mom no problem here we'll see if we are not using a weapon we are you here as does our views my mom i said we are doing just domestic walk in iraq she told all the neighbors their own son my son he's in iraq you know he's doing. cooking job. with with one. young man one has been for mainly by young converts and. if you're looking for young men to perform military jobs the chances are quite good that they have also been child soldiers. or you ever came in i think like that actually. i was it just to. me it took my father a grammar and put it on the truck. as a national what i would grant my brother. to the day did you do on children just watching from. genesee which they would be video to give you a point they felt which was was you know i don't know what's right what's he talking

business iraq is open for invest us that is the message of fishel pushing out an international donor conference currently underway in kuwait iraq is hoping to lure major investment from its allies aimed at reconstructing the country of the decades of conflict the united states has already pledged alone with three billion dollars from ex-im bank but that's only a fraction of what's needed it numerous iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic state and it will take time and lots and lots of money to brief life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and these are some of the people the iraqi government is hoping to woo high ranking officials from the worlds of politics and business here to find out what part they might play in the reconstruction of iraq. the government is offering projects in almost every sector of the economy including its oil industry . zeman c.e.o. joe kayser told you his company is rebuilding four power plants he said securing availability of electricity is prob

to go to war in iraq. early in the iraq war the president stood before the end of that significant accomplishment three and a half years later the debate is back over why the u.s. is interact in the first place public support for the war is falling war americans want the troops to come home. in a brief ceremony on a base on the edge of baghdad the united states took down the flag of its committee here to mark the end of the military mission. the u.s. money starting to be pulled out of the iraqi. field operations and the industry had to go through a very complicated reset. as companies had to realize that they weren't going to get that level of money again and so they had to offer a different future deal so that meant they would have to hire cheap the soldiers. when you. look at. the long haul to walk. up the hill i salute and the for work on the over. the last one the corporal. and to google google don't want talk or so mass one. and. only third out. all the usual achieve money for much of anything if you'

it like inform iraq i do. it with marking from iraq you see it out you need to. see what a shallow fighter to water you are not on ice you know who goes to move basic weapon which is only people that become qualified to go to iraq. from a shell young government has access to iraqi crude and was considered a quite good deal in the sense that they could actually take no good troublemaker us sitting there waiting back for a couple of years and then returning them after two years with money and from that overseas deployments this could surf to stabilize security in sierra leone. and i was really crazy in iraq because since the fed i stepped my fists in iraq every day there was a bombing they bombed a village there is a rockets. every day we have rockets fired. every day i had gone shots every day of bombing in common incoming only good. if you know what soups i need to damage four of our guts four of the civil union guys well trained guys. soon i say original rock i called my mom and say mom i'm in iraq she said oh what i said i mean iraq no no you're kidding i said

my can for iraq they're. written like you're from iraq you set out a new do. they want to show you fight or to water you're not on ice you know what basic weapon this is only people that you can't buy the fighting between iraq. and young government perspective the iraqi thing was considered a quite good deal in the sense that they could actually take no good troublemakers something away to go back for a couple of years and then returning them after two years with money and from the overseas deployments this concern to stabilize security in sierra leone. was really crazy in iraq because since defense the i stepped my fits in iraq every day there was a bombing they bombed a village there is a rockets. every day we have rockets fired. every day i had gunshots every day a bomb in income in income in all my good. if you know what suits and it's damage four of our guts four of the civil union guys well trained guys. soon i say original rock i called my mom i said mom i'm in iraq she said oh what i said i mean iraq no no you're kidding i said in the moment i'm in ira

see a peace in iraq i i have feared about the future of iraq mr khan what if that money isn't forthcoming what are the chances that that could spur on another insurgency. all obviously if the money if the iraqi government has not the required money for reconstruction of the destroyed cities and the other infrastructure. you know the sunni population are already there marginalized by the shia led government and that actually in the previous some years there that led to the insurgency and i.s.i. is capitalize on that now there is another group recently we have some reported or another group is emerging just like i.s.i. has in some parts of iraq so emergence of another insurgency that may not be i.s.i. that may have another name is on the card if the iraqi government is unable to rebuild the sunni areas visual badly destroyed during this fight and just quickly mr comey u.s. is counting on gulf countries like saudi arabia to pay up what are the chances of that i don't see that they will. pour their money into iraq because they have many other things how the economy is on the downside not righ

german businessmen who go to iraq are generally speaking people who know the iraq who have had experience over a long period and they know what to expect and they know that there are problems as i said corruption is one of the problems. more coming in this conference that you've seen are you optimistic oh there are quite a few big names like siemens but there are also smaller names that you wouldn't of heard off but that are important to help the fabric of cooperation between germany and iraq you have any idea of what sort of amount of money if we could say that might come from germany to as a result of this conference i can't to later on tomorrow our minister of economic development similar will be coming in he will bring with him a more precise idea and there were talking donations but that's not the big money i mean some money is going to come in that way the the more important thing in our view with his conference is was used as you phrase it are the conditions there to invest in iraq obviously the basic conditions are that it's an oil country it's relatively educated population and t

money has been played for iraq's reconstruction or do we. know we don't know the total amount we had let me tell you what's been happening or come to you about some figures in a minute but the iraqi prime minister played little graveled what he had to say there and he's been making the push this morning trying to entice investors. donors to come in to iraq saying they're doing what they can tackling corruption streamlining bureaucracy even changing investment laws despite back as if it doesn't look like they're going to get one hundred billion dollars with china badly a few days ago was talking about the cost of rebuilding iraq or even that eighty eight billion that the ministry rocking ministry of planning is now asking this conference to produce if you read between the lines perhaps of the speech by the emir of kuwait before a lot by the spoke when he announced that one billion u.s. dollars aid to that you'll be giving to iraq and a further one billion as a loan he didn't go on to emphasize the role of the private sector that might be an i

france to help iraq rebuild but. the war is over with the battle for reconstruction has just begun and already batasan to invest in iraq is a real invitation but who will come up with the one hundred billion dollars a bag he says is needed to listen maybe urging the private sector to commit its cash but he's president was busy describing money spent in the middle east is a waste as of a couple of months ago seven trillion dollars in the middle east and the middle east is far worse now than it was seventeen years ago when they went in the children of happening at camp know what fall was looks like all they want is to go home and a real shot at a peaceful future now the u.s. secretary of state said in another conference the conference will be global alliance to defeat. the usa would be giving two hundred million dollars this year to stabilize areas which have been retaken from i saw but that's in syria north iraq so that still leaves some of those questions i looked out of my package there up in the air the bottom line

it was a war between iran and iraq. iraq is an arab country. we had difference agreements within the arab league, and so we supported iraq. iran at the time publicly calleo for the overof the saudi government. >> they want to export their revolution. they want to topple the monarchies. they want to send th militias. of course, the saudis will support iraq. >> iraq buys weapons around the world. countries include france, west germany, russia, jordan, and china and many more. >> we were up against a regime that was receiving equipment from almost everybody. the americans provided it with awac's intelligence. the french provided it with mirage fighters. the russians provided it with mig fighters.d >> smith: e saudis? >> the saudis provided it with all the money they need. >> the ayatollah khomeini has called on the iraqi army tond desert averthrow iraq's president, sadm hussein. >> smith: khomni had hoped iraq's shia-- a majority of the population-- would support iran. but as iraqis, they opposed khomeini's invasion of their country...vo >> when t

mark is here now a conference in coors but attempting to get together a lot of money for iraq for iraq war torn iraq of course brian now iraq says it is open for investors that at least is the message officials are pushing an international donor conference currently underway in kuwait iraq is hoping to lure a major investment from its allies aimed at reconstructing the country after decades of conflict the united states has already pledged a loan worth three billion dollars from ex-im bank but that is only a fraction of what's needed numerous iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic states and it will take time and lots of money to breathe life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and wiis are some of the people the iraqi government is hoping to woo high ranking officials from the worlds of politics and business here to find out what part they might play in the reconstruction of iraq. the government is offering projects in almost every sector of the economy including its oil ind

record in iraq clearly showed from two thousand and four five. very recently who are quite a lot of evidence accumulated that the united states was in league with some of these terrorist groups groups and this was in court according nation with the saudi regime who is by the way prince might be visiting britain from seven to nine march and there is now a committee in britain to oppose his visit and there is and early days of motion in parliament opposing the visit of a man who was commenting war crimes in yemen and again i think you know this is another subject about. the mainstream media in this country overseas offering us up about saudi arabia telling us that women can drive and and so what do you make of the way that certainly the statement a to b b c is clearly saying the threat is from iran in the whole of this context as they continue to. support the only democratic country in the region as they call it israel. since nine. seventy nine since the iranian revolution of one hundred seventy nine. run has broken links with the united states and

what iraq is living in the. moment including the plights we live in and the crises we have bred through i hope they are now in the water under the bridge but. as you all know iraq has been suffering a great amount of destruction thousands of fallen martyrs wounded in addition to the financial losses to the war. areas we're not going to cry over the spells milk. however it is a source of pleasure that we are not alone we are being lent a helping hand by all our friend sam brothers. and this is generous initiative under the directive of his royal highness the emir of kuwait six minutes of. at this critical moment. and the very intense proceedings of the conference were highly organized and you were given the opportunity to exchange views converse and offer whatever resources you have and i thank you for the very overwhelming sentiments and i echo and returned the same from my government and our people no doubt the amount pledged whether as grants or loans. is little however it is not also it is not much and yet it

iraq when you're confused. why didn't the man when the mob kind of here on my idea the iraq war here i mean. what i meant. to know which and that if you only use a million but i thought he has such an ear when brady are. here why the libby has a job or if it's not part of year. someone ab initio. was in. sofia what do you do what he. did why. did you hear all of this. and what. you. when i saw it dang it i. want to get them all what has it all when i'm the one whom it so will hold. them out i'm so ill you don't want to see the old boy's yet what i meant to believe it i don't like you to bury it that was that the new i'm all in the woman has haven't yet it all had me to democracy that all how muted to feeling the able to see that it all the markers you need that i hope and those they let me have this to us so that the horde. the kurds managed to achieve autonomy in the kurdistan region of iraq in two thousand and five. their political leadership is now pushing for a referendum on independence which could mean dr

troops left iraq. and it continues to maintain a high passes in the country with the knowledge of the u.s. embassy in the world the situation in the kurdish john the center crucial for the national troops to go under control which the afghan forces the security situation really critical to the country. says without american oxford stopped by my friends are down south in iraq. this is a chap as you know i'm commander says he was. so young i thought if i just use other funds overseas i guess most of it is gay some of them to our it after advanced are. they not done so right now down there tonight need to supplement the full of yes mr it was a very i mean it's not my money. so how many are sending out. you should be your child soldiers and the nikon seven i got down. there i mean. i'm never gonna summit on resorted to using a gun not because of me i just feel that people will come it is then what is. telly then this would be to understand as an english. gun to shoot those who can find the gun right. was t

do it not conform iraq. with narcan from iraq you set out the need to. they want to show you fight that. not one night you know who will move basic weapon which is only people that become qualified to between iraq. and young government perspective the iraqi crude and was considered a quite good deal in the sense that they could actually take no clue troublemakers something the way to react for a couple of years and then turning them after two years with money and from that overseas deployment this concern to stabilize security. was really crazy in iraq because since the feds the i step my fits in iraq every day there was a bombing they bombed a village there is a rockets. and we have rockets fired. every day i had gunshots every day a bombing in common in comment on my good. if you know what suits and it's damage four of our guts four of the civil union guys well trained guys. soon i say original rock i called my mom and say mom i'm in iraq she said oh. i said i'm in iraq no no you're kidding i said no moment i'm in iraq i said mom just watch the number

the creation of the state in parts of syria and iraq. one american planes were bombing i saw in syria the also enabled kurdish groups to take control of certain areas of northern syria in october twenty fifth teen and proclaim a kurdish province there. this could be seen as encouraging the idea of a federal division of syria as well as causing alarm bells for neighboring countries. in syria they are trying to get some kind of control with the help of russia the united states and. iranian regime and account on like has been lost in the one on the facto hobby tutt. internationally they may not be recognized but de facto they will operate all of that and continue to talk at all create kinds of problems in the region. in me twenty. fifteen there were armed clashes in turkey between the government of friendship or the one and the p.k. case. the kurdish p.k. key founded in one nine hundred seventy eight once a political entity of its own independent. in his better model put this on and on. just the middle feet intifada. tiny. intifada. i had t

and welcome to al-jazeera headquarters in doha with me it is a purana also ahead rebuilding iraq kuwait pledges two billion dollars to help the country recover from the devastation of war. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of the police recommendation that he be indicted on corruption charges. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations steps up the pressure on myanmar's government over the russian crisis. began in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toys to president jacob zuma and arrested one person the roads around the home of the gulf the family in johannesburg have been sealed for the area designated a crime scene where president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments zuma and some of his family members along with the gupta is being investigated on charges of international money laundering and th

capabilities from iraq especially due to that success? >> it is part of that process and that success gives us the ability to move those resources with that engineering capability to be acquired on the ground to reposition to be sure that general mickelson has what he needs to be successful and as the situation continues we will continue to make smart decisions to keep one more piece of equipment that is needed to support the mission and that is what we are pursuing. but trying to do it as smart as we can. >> we don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. but at one point and especially with iran and al qaeda and and yemen but is there a terrorist threat. >> i have not been addressing many of the concerns of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula to address their leadership and some of her exclusive capabilities inherent in this organization is important to understand the long-term organization we all have to be concerned then to take the pressure. >> you talked about the humanitarian and everything that is going on but don't lose sight th

iraq a u.s. . opinion bank and the united nations but there is no mention of a leading role of the united states in this reconstruction road which raises so many questions about the future of the u.s. that iraq's prime minister what is the this conference to raise one hundred billion dollars for the reconstruction effort in iraq and a nice he's going to be sorely disappointed while so far actually he has not received like any significant pledges from the main players actually the only pledge that has been made by international organizations and usually those norn for a very small very small contribution the amount is huge i mean we're talking about the reconstruction process cost of about eighty eight billion dollars in which twenty two billion dollars are needed immediately like for the reconstruction process so twenty two billion dollars with no cd or significant signs of supporting this financial support actually is going to be a huge challenge and keep in mind let's not forget actually that the

on the reconstruction of iraq we had been. led to believe that we were going to be hearing from the kuwaiti emir on this as well as the iraqi prime minister but this point. that doesn't look like it's going to happen just to remind you as we've been reporting more than thirty six billion dollars have been put up in loans. in investments to help rebuild iraq during a summit in kuwait the iraqi government has said before this summit began that it was asking for up to one hundred billion dollars following the defeat of i so it was a three three day conference that took place in kuwait city. as well as this there are issues around this conference discussed on security. particularly since this is a major issue in throughout the region right now with wars going on in syria and yemen as well this particular conference was called for the reconstruction of iraq after the iraqi government's defeat i saw at the end of twenty seventeen this was only the latest of several conference conflicts that have raids in iraq over more than a decade

you are responsible for iraq. donald trump made it plain that whether it be iraq, afghanistan, syria, he didn't want to see us troops on the ground any more in these foreign entanglements. so literally, specifically, how many us military personnel, trainers and whatever are in iraq right now? gosh, you know, for specific operational issues, i would urge you to bring a defence department person in here. you know, i'm happy to talk about the foreign policy a5pect, i'm happy to talk the need... it's definitely part of foreign policy if you've got boots on the ground in iraq. several thousand. that will do, a ballpark — several thousand. we now learn you are going to keep 2,000 boots on the ground or pairs of boots on the ground in syria too and we understand that more than 15,000 us military personnel are either already in or going to be deployed to afghanistan. so coming back to your opening point about the difference between 0bama and trump when it comes to these difficult foreign policy issues, the difference ai

rising from the ruins iraq seeks billions of dollars to rebuild after being devastated by isis. also coming up the u.s. defense secretary says some syrian fighters it backs may have joined fellow kurds to fight turkey. russian investigators find two black boxes that could hold clues behind the plane crash that killed all seventy one on board plus. a month ago the cloud bridge project in costa rica where reforestation efforts could provide an important lesson for the rest of the world. hello iraq is trying to secure one hundred billion dollars to rebuild cities an infrastructure destroyed in the fight against isis delegates from dozens of countries and potential investors are gathering at a donor conference in kuwait shortly we'll go live to sami dan. but first here's his report. this is what so-called liberation from i sort of looks like to has nally and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of robbie a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his ho

pledges are made to help rebuild iraq but is there enough money to do the job properly will have a live report. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations steps up the pressure on myanmar as government over the range of crisis. in sports shaun white makes no boarding history at the winter olympics the american winning and arrested inside third gold medal in the hall part of it. a low pressure is growing on south africa's president to step down from his own party but jacob zuma says he's not going anywhere right now the president has said he had proposed a longer transition period handing over power after june the a.n.c. rejected that plan and demanded he step down by thursday. so i found it very strange that i'm going to be told by my organization you now must go. because. we now have two new president who must comey not to follow in any policy of the agency there is nothing of that nature of for me to miller is live for us now in pretoria so for media that the growing calls from within his own party for zuma to

rebuilding iraq a country and bruins ravaged state seeks billions of dollars in reconstruction funds anyone listening. and millions of chinese will have to celebrate the new year without the explosive power of fireworks who's going to scare away those bad spirits. let's do business everybody loves a roller coaster ride unless you're an investor of course the last couple weeks saw the new york stocks down ten percent officially entering a correction this week trading got underway there with the dow jones leading by three hundred points at the start of wild volatility by fears of growing inflation which could force faster than expected rate rises in the federal reserve all eyes this week will be on the you waste inflation figures that a jew out wednesday if the rate tops one point seven percent it could be a case of hang on to your hats again. struggled to mount a recovery there was a strong rebound on european markets well the balance was tracking the dax for us the main index of german companies it was one of the day's best performance and i asked him if the germans know something th

when iraq's prime minister declared the war with eisel was over last year it signaled the beginning of efforts to rebuild the devastated country much of it left in ruins the price tag some one hundred billion dollars in kuwait a donor conference is on the way to help or at least try to help finance the massive and iraq has published a list of one hundred fifty seven projects that it wants to help to build to provide joe. you homes for some of the two and a half million people displaced by the fighting it includes hospitals schools businesses and telecommunications iraq says that around one hundred thirty eight thousand homes and apartment blocks were damaged some may say that has more from kuwait city. this is what so-called liberation from ice a look slike to has nally and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of robbie a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and reads what others have said in his life as a. given up hope in returning home we'v

that's right you could say that iraq has been on this spiral since the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three we had those bitter days of fighting involving u.s. troops at the time it morphed from an operation to find weapons of mass destruction into an operation to hunt down and. fast forward and then we have the emergence of i saw and then it became a war to destroy i saw now one of the the basic problems in this is the lack of a government in the eyes of enough iraqis that would see it as a legitimate state or a legitimate government that represents all of their interests and we saw that iraq not only between suddenly and the predominantly shia forces supporting the government we've seen it erupt between pro-government forces and kurdish forces those are some of the issues which have just you know cask. say that since that u.s. invasion now today the situation in some areas has improved iraqi officials will tell you that there are more iraqis who have returned than are currently displaced they're hopeful they're optimistic here they've brought a lot of pr

because securing availability of electricity is probably iraq's biggest challenge right now we know that the grid is under tremendous stress. iraq urgently wants to ramp up oil production oil sales which account for more than ninety percent of the country's total revenues generated close to fifty seven billion dollars and twenty seventeen the donor conference comes just two months after iraq's declared victory over the so-called islamic state. south african president jacob zuma resigned this week during his tenure the country saw its bond rating downgraded to junk status and with its second largest city cape town quickly running out of water trust in the country's ruling elite has plunged. growth has declined steadily from more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years one of the weakest rates for all of sub-saharan africa. has to be crushing at the moment stability is very difficult so you. just before the big say the country is now resting its hopes on a newly elected president cyril ramaphosa a former union leader since his appointment as head of

prime minister urging attendees at the reconstruction conference to help iraq rebuild. the war is over but the battle for reconstruction has just begun and our invitation to invest in iraq is a real invitation but who will come up with the one hundred billion dollars he says is needed to listen maybe urging the private sector to commit its cash but his president was busy describing money spent in the middle east is a waste as of a couple of months ago we have spent seven trillion dollars in the middle east seven trillion dollars what a mistake the children of have been near camp know what far worse looks like all they want is to go home in a real shot at a peaceful future sami's a than al-jazeera kuwait. claymore head on al-jazeera. i don't know what to do mostly with there's a very very little room on the n.c.a.a.'s taken scimitar step down a south africa's president but he's refusing to go. a former aide to egypt's military chief of staff is arrested after threatening to release top secret files. by the skyline of an asian harbor or off the coast of the italian rivier

also coming up iraq's billions of dollars to prop up its economy a donors conference in kuwait discusses the country's reconstruction and the cost involved. on the. trouble with discarded plastic and paper cups the german city of hama now tackles the popular coffee to go culture introducing re usable cops a relief for the environment and for street cleaners. welcome to your business i want to get jones in well in thanks for joining us on the good news first european stock markets started the new week firmly on the front foot a welcome respond after two weeks of sharp falls but investors breathing a sigh of relief should note there is more volatility expected in the coming weeks so keep your seat belts fastened. khan's hang seng index finished the day down zero point two percent reversing minor rises over in japan markets were closed due to a public holiday but last week the country's benchmark nikkei had its worst performance in two years in germany the dak shed ten percent over the last two weeks but observers here expect a recovery of sorts well i wouldn't call it a swift recovery but

volatility is here to stay as some experts say the downward swings could grow also coming up rebuilding iraq a country in ruins the war ravaged state seeks billions of dollars in reconstruction funds but is anyone listening. and don't lose the props kenya's latest reality t.v. show is a government backed attempt to boost the country's farming sector. this is your business update i've had an arm free in berlin good to have you with us now global stocks rallied on monday from asia to europe and even the u.s. where the last couple of weeks has proved a roller coaster ride with wall street stocks down ten percent officially entering a correction this week trading got underway there with the dow jones leaping by four hundred points the wild volatility sparked by fears of growing inflation which could force faster than expected rate rises on the federal reserve now all eyes this week will be on the u.s. inflation figures that a jew out wednesday if the rate tops one point seven percent it could be a case of hang on to your hearts once again. so let's make sense of it all now with our man on wall s

across the border in iraq civilians they're also struggling to rebuild their homes with the country's second largest city almost completely reduced to rubble mosul was liberated by the u.s. led coalition and iraqi forces back in july after months of fierce fighting and airstrikes some forty thousand homes need to be rebuilt they're all repaired according to the u.n. the government says it needs up to one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction funds for areas devastated by war some that it aims to raise at an upcoming conference in kuwait however the u.s. which is expected to attend that says it has no plans to contribute any money. but you the u.s. government and. i'm not aware of any announcements that we will be making and i can tell you overall. oh. the past few years we have spent the united states government has one point seven billion dollars in humanitarian aid in iraq alone. so let's expand on this now with three run child who's professor and dean of the jindal school of international affairs dr charlie welcome back to r.t. international thanks for coming on we mentioned th

earlier in the day tillerson laid a wreath at a gulf war memorial a reminder of just one conflict iraq is hoping to leave behind as it braces itself for what it hopes will be a more prosperous future. and more than just a made of chance for their symbol of romance gondolas in venice carrying tourists from all over the world not might not be the case for long the boats are handmade and their makers have a hard time attracting talent across people. but you know how many honeymooners have cruised through venice on those long elegant boats how many memories were born here in roberto tri mundine shipyard. it dates back to eight hundred eighty four when roberto his great grandfather set up shop. on channel in those days there wasn't anyone who could officially teach you how to build a god so my grandfather stole the knowledge and the skills to make one for the masters of the time and then he built a reconfigured version because he didn't believe the ones he was building where yet perfect to now a days we used the same systems the same measurements and the same ways of working as back then i